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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Eric Holder’s legacy, the airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, and Ezekiel Emanuel’s article in the Atlantic about death at 75.

Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:

Holder attempted to try 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City, but backed down after political pressure from Democrats and Republicans.

Jed Rakoff wrote about the systemic and ideological barriers that kept the Justice Department from seriously prosecuting individuals responsible for the financial collapse in 2008.

Holder often shares stories of unpleasant encounters with the police that reflecting the racial biases of officers.